Source: Common Dreams
by Jordan Liz
“On January 3, the US launched an illegal attack in Venezuela that resulted in the kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife. Attorney General Pamela Bondi wrote via Twitter-X that the couple has been indicted and ‘will soon face the full wrath of American justice on American soil in American courts.’ For Vice President JD Vance, because ‘Maduro has multiple indictments in the United States for narcoterrorism,’ these military strikes were legal. This, despite the fact that these strikes were conducted without congressional approval in a clear violation of the Constitution and the separation of powers. With Maduro out of power, President Donald Trump announced that, ‘We’re going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper, and judicious transition.'” (01/06/25)
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/trump-colonialism-not-freedom